Sauder Beginnings Small Study Desk with Storage Drawers for Study or Bedroom, in Silver Sycamore

The looks of the desk is great. Like the fold down drawer. Assembly was a bit tough for an 80 year old man.

Nice color, sturdy and easy to setup. Using a drill might be easier .

Make sure you have a movie, good music, or a decent television program to watch in the background while you're assembling this desk. There are many parts to put together. I'm pretty handy, and it took me over four hours of methodical assembly to finish the desk. (Know that I was watching a good detective series at the same time.....)The good. The desk is small, but very economical and attractive. It looks good, the drawers move smoothly, and if you're careful, all pieces line up properly (with precise attention). The packaging was excellent, as the box was dented on both ends upon arrival, but the edges were protected by layered cardboard and the ends had a thick layering of styrofoam protection on the inside. No part of the desk was damaged upon receipt.The not so good. The desk took a surprisingly long time to put together. Attention matters. If you don't line up the parts exactly, you'll have to take something apart to redo it again. Take your time and make sure you follow the steps. For the first time in a long time, there were NO extra parts included with this desk. So I was disappointed when putting together one of the drawers and the phillips head on one 1-1/2" screw wasn't grooved properly (no tool would allow the screw to be used without a way to turn the screw - the grooves were filled in with metal composite). Luckily, I had a similar screw in my garage that I could use as a substitute. The handles for the two drawers and the one door came with screws that were much too long, meaning I'd either have to find something to use as a spacer on the inside of the drawer/door or find much shorter screws.Why I knocked off one star -- I had to go to the store for those six handle screws and there wasn't an extra screw to use when one of the drawer screws was manufactured incorrectly.I would definitely purchase the desk at this price point again, but would be prepared for both the time and possibility of needing extra parts.

Great quality for the price. Assembly a bit time-consuming but doable (helpful to have 2 people but I was able to do solo). Spacious and feels quite sturdy for the price. I wasn’t sure about ordering this because there weren’t many reviews but so far so good.

Upon putting the desk together the screws didn’t fit the drawers and the main drawer doesn’t fit all the way into groves and the doors don’t align and I’m unable to break it down to return since having neck surgery and can’t lift anything for for serveral wks and I’m afraid of purchasing items without being in the store to have it put together. This isn’t the first time with purchasing furniture that doesn’t assemble correctly and all the pieces are missing

Screws were cheap. I had to purchase more story o es at Home Depot in order to assemble

I love this desk. It takes a while to assemble but it is very sturdy!

Perfect make up table with lots of storage. Didn’t take too long to put together. Love the color of the wood great condition! Please like(: